Separable button



(No Model.)

T. E. ANDERSON.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

No. 521,776. Patented June 26, 1894.

WITNESSES INVENTOR:

erence, A, designates the front disk of the 5o apertures G, in which ,Iplacea pair of spring as will enable others skilled in the art to whichtons.

UNiTiE STATES PATENT .FFICE;

THOMAS E. ANDERSON, OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

SEPARABLE BUTT'ON.

srncrrrcn'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,776, dated June26, 1 94.

Application filed May 26, 1 893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at J ackson, in the county of Madison and State ofTennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SeparableButtons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in buttons of the class known asseparable but- The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheapand handy garment button which may be secured to a garment without theuse of thread and needle, or any tool whatever, and may also be removedfrom one garment and secured to another, and thus out last severalgarments. I attain this object by the novel construction and arrangementof parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, isa perspective view of my button separated. Fig. 2, is a perspective Viewof the button put together as when in use on a garment. Fig. 3, is asectional side view of Fig. 1, on the line a, a. Fig. 4, is a sectionalside view of Fig. 2, on the line b, b, with a piece of cloth added toitto illustrate how the button is secured to a garment. In all the viewsthe buttonis enlarged for the sake of clearness.

Referring to the drawings by letters of refbutton to which is centrallysecured the tube B, which is provided at its sides with two oppositelylocated aperturesO, and has its free end I, rounded as shown; it may notbe necessary in all cases to have the end closed entirely but simplyrounded enough to give stiffness to the tube and facilitate itsinsertion into the opposite tube E, which is centrally secured to therear disk D, of the button and is provided with oppositely located slots0r hooks F, adapted to engage the apertures O,

Serial No. 475.650- (No model.)

in the tube B, when the latter is inserted into the tube E, as shown inFigs. 2, and-4:.

The spring hooks F, may be formed of separate pieces of metal andsoldered or riveted to the front portion of the tube E, but I prefer toform the spring hooks of the strips or tongues punched out of the slotsG, by severing the metal at the two sides and atthe rear end of the slotand leaving it solid with the tube at the front end of the slot as shownat the point K, in Figs. 1, and 2. These tongues are formed into a pairof foot-shaped hooks F, which in their normal position close their heelsL, almost together in the center of the tube E, bringing their toes H,almost retracted into the slots G, thereby facilitating the introductionof the tube E, into the cloth of the garment; when the tube B, ispressed into the tube E, its rounded end I, spreads the hooks F, untilthe free end of the tube E,

stops against the disk A, then the heels L,

spring partly back into the apertures O, in the tube B, and lock thebutton together.

The apertures G, are however of such exact size as to receive onlyenough ofthe heels L, to lock the button. This causes the toes H, toproject considerably out beyond the sides of thetube E, where they serveto hold the cloth J, against the rear disk D, of the button (as bestshown in Fig. 4:), thereby leaving the front portion of the tube E,ready for receiving the button hole'of the garment.

In operation when the button is to be secured in a garment a small holeis formed in the garment by forcing into the cloth the point of a leadpencil, a nail or other bodkinlike object, the tube. E, is inserted inthe hole and the cloth moved closely up against the rear plate D, thesmaller tube B, is then'insorted into the tube E, and pushed in as faras'it can go. If the cloth J, is very thin the toes or arms H, may bebent toward the cloth by a pocket knife or other hard object.

To separate the button, itis done by taking hold of the arms H, andpulling them outward until they disengage the tube B, which will thentogether with the disk A, drop away from the rest of the button. If thespring hooksofier toomuch resistance to be spread by the fingers,nippers or tweezers may be used or Where such are not at hand, a stringor wire or nail point may be inserted in the holes M, provided in thetoes H, and the spring hooks spread by pulling on the string or wire,&c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The separable button consisting of a front and rear solid disk havingcentrally project-ing rigid cylindrical tubes fitting into each other,the inner tube having apertures in its sides and the outer tube havingoppositely located foot-shaped spring hooks moving in apertures in thesides of the tube and engaging with their inner and heel-shaped portionthe apertures in the inner tube, while their outer or toe portionsengage the cloth of the garment on both sides of the stem and hold itagainst the rear disk, substantially as shown and described and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a separable button, the combination of the solid diskA, theround-ended rigid tube B, having the oppositely located apertures O,with the solid disk D, having the larger tube E, provided with the slotsG; the foot-shaped spring hooks F, secured to the front portion of thetube and having the heelshaped curves L, for engaging the apertures O,in the tube B, and the outwardly projecting toes or arms H, forretaining the cloth in which the button is secured, against the reardisk of the button; said spring hooks being adapted to close inward tolet the cloth pass over them, and then to be held outward by the innertube in which they interlock and also being provided with the holes M,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a separable button, and as an article of manufacture, thecombination of the front disk A, having the stem B, provided withnotches or apertures as C, with the rear disk D, having a tube as E,provided with spring hooks as F, H, for engaging the inner tube 13, andthe cloth in which the button is secured; said spring hooks being formedby punching out tongues in the sides of the tube and bending them intothe shape shown substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. MURRAY, TAZWELL ROWLAND.

